Cable-protector.



E. LAND.

CABLE PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6. I914.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916. pmg 'l lllin Iii!" I MG?) ouag gw E0 uniL 5Z70)? E 4 I EDMUND LAND, or JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.

. CABLE-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 22, 1916.

Application filed May 6, 1914. Serial N 0. 836,722.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND LAND, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duval, State of Florida, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Protectors, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to devices for protecting cables ofVarious sorts and especially cables which carry electric light,telephone, or telegraph, wires, and which are often strung through treesand in other places where they are subjected to the abrading action ofobjects with which they come in contact. I

It has been the practice heretofore to protect such a cable at the pointof possible abrasion, by placing strips ofwood around the cable andholding them in-place by binding wires. In following this practice, theworkman is compelled to ascend to the point where the cable is to beprotected and-there handle three or more strips of material and bindthem in place while he himself hangs on to such support as he can.Because of the difficulty of access, it is often a difiicult job toapply the protection to the cable ac cording to this old practice.

The object of my invention is to provide a cable protector, or cableprotecting fabric, which may be applied with greater facility and withless expenditure of time and energy than is possible under the oldpractice. To this end, I provide a fabric which is made up of a numberof strips of wood or other rigid protecting material arranged side byside and flexibly secured together with wire or other suitable materialand provided with loops or extensions of wire,

or its equivalent, in association with each strip. This fabric can bemade up in rolls, much the same as wire fencing, and cut off as needed.

' The full character of my invention will cated by the line-2 2 ofFig.1; Fig.3 is a s1de elevation of one of the strips; Fig. 4 is an endelevation of the fabric shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a transverse sectiondesignates strips of wood or other rigid material suitable for theprotection of the cable. These strips may be of varying widths,thicknesses and lengths. They are positioned s1de by s1de, preferablywithintervening spaces as lllustrated. They are fastened together bypairs of-wires 11 and 12 which are arranged at intervals lengthwise ofthe strips. Any desired number of pairs of wires may beemployed,-depending largely upon the length of the strips. These wires11 and 12 are secured together so as to hold the strips 10 in position.-In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, inelusive, thewire 11 is a straight wire 6X tending through transverse holes in thestrips 10 and the wire 12 is of considerably greater length and iswrapped around the wire 11 in the spaces between adjacent strips.Besides securing the strips 10 together and holding them inplace, thewires 11 and 12 are arranged to provide one or more binding pleces foreach strip. In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5,inclusl ve, the binding pieces are formed byprovidingthe wire 12 with aloop'13 at each of thelntervening spaces. As shown, the wire 12 passesover the outside of the strip 10.

In making up a protector. from this fabno, the lineman or other user,knowing the diameter of the cable which he wishes to protect, decides onthe number of strips 10 which he will need for the particular cable. Hethen cuts the loop 13 and the wire 12 of each pair of wires at thatspace which will give him the desired number of strips. In

other words, he cuts off the amount of matGIlELl necessary for theparticular protector which he is about to fashion. In bringing thismaterial to the cable, he has but a sinsevered loops.

It .will also be apparent that the,

gle article to handle and therefore can more readily manipulate it so asto position the strips around the cable, than in the old practice wherethere were several unconnected strips. When the strips are in position,the portions of the severed loops upon the first and last strips, may bedrawn up and twisted together so as to draw all the strips into closeengagement with: the-cable and thus securely bind all the partstogether. If desired, the other loops may also be twisted together or.bent down out of the way or otherwise disposed of.

It-will be noted that in -the form of invention illustrated in Figs. ,1to ,5, inclusive,

the ends of the wires forming loops .13 at the point where they arewrapped around the wire 11, are close together. Obviously these -1nay beseparated, as are the corresponding branches of the loop, as in Figs. 7and 8. lVith thisseparation it is easier to sever thewire upon whichtheloop is located.

In the form 'of the invention illustrated inFig. 6, the wires 14 and 15correspondto the wires 11 and 12 of Fig. l. Inthisin stance the wire 14:extends through holes in the strips 10 just asdoeswiredl The-latterstrips, however, have a sheet of fabric 16 positioned ontheir upperside, t-lzirou-gh' which the wire 15 is passed to firmly seourethefabric tothestrips. This fabric may be of any desired material,depending upon the use to WlllGllrfbllB protector is to be put. In someinstances it maybe desirable to usean insulatingfahric, in, others awarterproof fabric, andin other instances materials-having otherfunctions. In this form of the invention, the wire 1-5 may be looped asat 17, 17 and left as loops, or theloops may be severed so= as'to leavethe ends '18.

In either event, when it comes'to binding the protector on the-cable,ends -must be used. In lilltizfiIiShCEtSBlllGSB ends are provided bysevering the appropriate loops ,at

the timeof making :up the,prntector. In

the latter case all the loops are cut atthe time of manufacture so that,whentthe-time for. installing arrives only the straight wire 14 has tobe out.

It is obvious that the strips may: be flexibly united by various meansand'. that where wire is used the strips may be bound together byarrangingthe wires in different ways. It is also obvious that the pieceof flexible binding .material associated with each strip may be providedin different ways. In the examples given, these bind ing pieces are inall instances provided by But these are merely illustrative. loops orends of wire which constitute the flexible binding pieces may be given,any desired length, provided they areimade of ufficientlength to permitthe binding pieces which are to be used in binding, to be brought intoproper fastening engagement after the parts have been firmly drawn uparound and against thecable.

are provided with transverse upper grooves 19 and similar lower grooves20. The wire :21 extends through the grooves 19, and the wire 22 throughthe grooves 20. instance the loops 23 .are formedin. the wirea22.

In Fig. '8 :weihave an instance where the wire 24% rests in a groove25in theupper faceiof each of the strips 10, and the wire a maybefashioned. I,: therefore, do not wish tobe limited to the specific formsof themventlon herein disclosed, because there are many changes. andalterations which maybe 7 illustrates an arrangement of bindlng wlresand straps in which the strips 10' In this made ,upon such forms withoutdeparting from the spiri-tand scope of my invention.

1, therefore, aim to cover allsuoh alterations and modifications by theterms of the appended claims.

-V=Vhat,l,claimas new and desire tosecure by LettersPatent of the UnitedStatesis:

l. A cable protecting. fabric comprising str ps .of rigid protectingmaterial post I tioned side by side, flexible connections betweenadjacent strips-and apiece of flexible 1 binding material associatedwith, each strip and of such ,lengththat adjacent pieces may be fastenedtogether to secure adjacent strips together independently of and alternati-ye to the corresponding flexible connections.

2. A- cable protecting, fabric comprisingstrips ,of wood, pairsof wiresextending transversely of said 'strips each pair rbelng twisted togetherso as to secure said strips side by side with interveningspaces, and

each pair being formed with'elongated portions between adjacent strips:to serve as a1 ternatlve binding means when the wire betweenthe.corresponding adjacent strips is severed.

3. A cable ,protectingv fabric comprising strips of rigid protectingmaterial positioned side by side, a. sheet of fabric-.overc lying-saidstrips and firmly .securedithereto,

and .a piece of flexible bindingmateri-al associated with each strip andof such length that adjacent'ones-of saidpieces may be united to secureadjacent strips togethereine.

dependently of and alternative to the connection formed by that portionof said fabric sheet which flexibly unites them.

4. A cable protecting fabric comprising strips .of wood positioned sideby side, a sheet of fabric overlying said pieces, and pairs of wiresextending transversely of said strips at intervals along their length,each pair being secured together to secure said strips in position andto secure said sheet to said strips, and each pair being formed withelongated binding portions.

5. A cable protecting fabric comprising strips of rigid protectingmaterial positioned side by side, flexible connections between adjacentstrips, and pieces of flexible binding material associated with adjacentones of said flexibly connected strips and long enough to be fastenedtogether to secure said adjacent strips together in case the saidflexible connection between said adjacent strips be severed.

6. A cable protecting fabric comprising strips of wood positioned sideby side with intervening spaces, wires extending transversely of saidstrips and flexibly securing certain of said strips together, and. wirebinding pieces associated with adjacent ones of said flexibly connectedstrips for fastening and securing said adjacent strips to-.

vide in each instance a connection between the. strips on either side ofsaid space alternative to the normal connection between said stripsformed by said wires.

8. A cable protecting fabric comprising adjacent flexibly connectedstrips positioned side by side, and an alternative connecting means forsecuring said strips in position whenever their flexible connection toeach other is destroyed.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 2nd day of May, A.D. 1914;. EDMUND LAND.

Witnesses:

J. H. JORDAN, S. J. J ONES.

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Washington, D. G. d

